Dorian
Boy · DOR-ee-an · Greek
Dorian is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “of the Dorians”. In 2025 it ranked 799th for boys in the UK (46 babies) and 539th for boys in the US (557 babies).
What does Dorian mean?
Greek: from Greek Dorieus
“of the Dorians”
Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) made the name famous.
- Say it
- DOR-ee-an
More on Wiktionary.
Is Dorian a girl's or a boy's name?
Dorian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 46 boys in the UK and 7 girls and 557 boys in the US.
How popular is Dorian in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 46about 1 in 6,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 46 boys in the UK were named Dorian, making it the 799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 691st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 72 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dorian in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 745th in England and Wales.
Dorian in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #799 |
| 2024 | 35 | #961 |
| 2023 | 29 | #1,098 |
| 2022 | 44 | #801 |
| 2021 | 53 | #738 |
| 2020 | 55 | #691 |
| 2019 | 40 | #845 |
| 2018 | 58 | #675 |
| 2017 | 58 | #675 |
| 2016 | 68 | #602 |
| 2015 | 64 | #621 |
| 2014 | 64 | #613 |
| 2013 | 43 | #811 |
| 2012 | 72 | #564 |
| 2011 | 54 | #683 |
| 2010 | 64 | #596 |
| 2009 | 38 | #839 |
| 2008 | 47 | #717 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,102 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Dorian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #539among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 557about 1 in 3,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 557 boys in the US were named Dorian, making it the 539th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 512th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 641 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915. 7 girls were also named Dorian in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Dorian than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Dorian in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 564 boys in the US were given Dorian or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #530, up from #539 for this spelling alone.
- Dorian 557
- Dorien 7
Girls were 35% of the babies named Dorian in the US in 1945, and 1% in 2025.
Dorian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 557 | #539 |
| 2024 | 554 | #538 |
| 2023 | 468 | #605 |
| 2022 | 526 | #563 |
| 2021 | 497 | #567 |
| 2020 | 559 | #512 |
| 2019 | 560 | #511 |
| 2018 | 545 | #521 |
| 2017 | 527 | #538 |
| 2016 | 531 | #543 |
| 2015 | 512 | #560 |
| 2014 | 516 | #539 |
| 2013 | 486 | #546 |
| 2012 | 464 | #560 |
| 2011 | 490 | #522 |
| 2010 | 514 | #503 |
| 2009 | 524 | #513 |
| 2008 | 641 | #441 |
| 2007 | 542 | #490 |
| 2006 | 578 | #465 |
| 2005 | 625 | #428 |
| 2004 | 595 | #435 |
| 2003 | 560 | #449 |
| 2002 | 586 | #419 |
| 2001 | 603 | #416 |
| 2000 | 639 | #398 |
| 1999 | 420 | #507 |
| 1998 | 421 | #506 |
| 1997 | 392 | #514 |
| 1996 | 395 | #515 |
| 1995 | 409 | #505 |
| 1994 | 370 | #529 |
| 1993 | 362 | #539 |
| 1992 | 371 | #523 |
| 1991 | 364 | #528 |
| 1990 | 358 | #519 |
| 1989 | 334 | #522 |
| 1988 | 290 | #535 |
| 1987 | 252 | #569 |
| 1986 | 187 | #653 |
| 1985 | 225 | #583 |
| 1984 | 202 | #598 |
| 1983 | 215 | #575 |
| 1982 | 221 | #577 |
| 1981 | 165 | #672 |
| 1980 | 165 | #675 |
| 1979 | 219 | #575 |
| 1978 | 182 | #617 |
| 1977 | 224 | #559 |
| 1976 | 205 | #566 |
| 1975 | 223 | #538 |
| 1974 | 229 | #524 |
| 1973 | 293 | #456 |
| 1972 | 206 | #556 |
| 1971 | 187 | #611 |
| 1970 | 146 | #685 |
| 1969 | 135 | #676 |
| 1968 | 92 | #773 |
| 1967 | 86 | #786 |
| 1966 | 87 | #778 |
| 1965 | 58 | #967 |
| 1964 | 67 | #929 |
| 1963 | 67 | #910 |
| 1962 | 70 | #906 |
| 1961 | 66 | #939 |
| 1960 | 55 | #1,033 |
| 1959 | 53 | #1,060 |
| 1958 | 53 | #1,048 |
| 1957 | 65 | #935 |
| 1956 | 54 | #1,018 |
| 1955 | 69 | #892 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,006 |
| 1953 | 62 | #907 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,244 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,082 |
| 1950 | 42 | #1,085 |
| 1949 | 58 | #904 |
| 1948 | 49 | #1,000 |
| 1947 | 56 | #937 |
| 1946 | 61 | #842 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,162 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,903 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
Names like Dorian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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